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2/18-Five of Eight individual events won by frosh + soph @ DVGTCA Consolation Champs @ Swarthmore Feb 19, 2004

Five of the eight individual events at the DVGTCA Consolation Champs were won by the next generation of top athletes, and those two classes also populated the top finishers in most events. Cheltenham\'s Charmaine Giles (10) won the 55 Hurdles in 9.8 seconds (9.7 trial). In the 55 Dash, soph Latoya Byrd of Upper Merion won in 7.7 seconds. The 200 was won by Loran Hatch (9) of Upper Perkiomen in 28.3 seconds. Frosh Meghan Teufel of Villa Maria was 3rd at 7.8. Freshmen were also 3rd and 4th. Villa Maria\'s Lauren Conicella (10) took the 800 in 2:30.8, with a 9th and 10th grader in 4th and 5th. Three 9th graders went 3-4-5 in the 400, Brittany, Waddington, Hatboro-Horsham, 64.5; Danyale Connor, Upper Darby, 64.9; Alicia Martin, West Chester East, 65.3. Martin\'s teammate Jackie Merrick (9), was 2nd in the Mile in 5:56.6. In the 3000, three sophomores took the top spots, Jeanine Walsh, Archbishop Ryan, 11:31.4; Shay Dickson, Strath Haven, 11:36.3; Jeana Kolson, Ridley, 11:42.3.